Le mépris

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows le mépris

poster Tit-for-Tat
Tit-for-Tat
(3.1/5)
5mn - Fantasy
An entomologist guilty of trying to capture rare insects is condemned to be pinned on a giant cork.
poster Protéa
Protéa
(3.1/5)
50mn - Action, Crime, Mystery
Protéa is the last film directed by Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset, one of the early film pioneers in France. The hero of this film is a female spy, an acrobatic Mata-Hari, played by his favorite actress, Jose…
poster Tit for Tat
Tit for Tat
1mn - Comedy
Georges Melies the magician. Melies removes his own head, puts it in a glass box on a stool, then grows another one. Melies lights up a cigarette and blows smoke at his old head. The head gets payback by …
poster Crainquebille
Crainquebille
(3.6/5)
90mn - Drama
Jérôme Crainquebille, is an ageing vegetable seller who has sold groceries from his cart in in Paris for over 40 years. One day, he is harassed by a policeman who insists that he moves on. When he protest…
poster Robert Macaire and Bertrand
Robert Macaire and Bertrand
11mn - Comedy, Crime
Robert Macaire (Chevalier Macaire) was a noted criminal and assassin who appears in French plays. His name is renowned in French culture as that of the archetypal villain.
poster The Burning Crucible
The Burning Crucible
(3.7/5)
97mn - Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A woman, named simply "Elle" and her husband, a wealthy industrialist, are not on the best of terms. While she enjoys the way he caters to her every whim, she wonders whether he really loves her. He, on t…
poster The Knight of the Snow
The Knight of the Snow
16mn - Adventure, Horror, Fantasy
One of the last films Georges Méliès made. By now, he was under contract for his former rival Pathé, where he made a few of his most lavish productions, including this one. Here, Méliès performed in front…
poster Le goûter des bébés
Le goûter des bébés
1mn - Documentary
poster Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth
(3.7/5)
94mn - History, Drama
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is sh…
poster The Black Imp
The Black Imp
(3.5/5)
4mn - Fantasy, Comedy
A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
poster Chicot the Jester
Chicot the Jester
(2.8/5)
59mn -
The film based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Duma, is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III. Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Coun…
poster The Monster
The Monster
2mn - Fantasy, Horror
An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.
poster The Miser
The Miser
5mn - Drama
This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events. An elderly miser keep all of his money to himself and refuses to help peo…
poster F*&% the Prom
F*&% the Prom
92mn - Comedy
Maddy and Cole were inseparable friends until high school started and Maddy became the most popular girl on campus. When she starts feeling lonely and heartbroken, she reconnects with Cole and the duo con…
poster Father Sergius
Father Sergius
(3.4/5)
112mn - History, Drama
The story of Prince Stepán Kasátsky discovering his fiancée was the mistress of the Czar, so he then becomes a monk.
poster Mademoiselle de La Seiglière
Mademoiselle de La Seiglière
87mn - Family, Drama
The Marquis de la Seiglière returns to France once the Revolution is over. His possessions, which had been sold as material properties, had been purchased by Stamply, a farmer. The latter restores them to…
poster The Mischance of a Photographer
The Mischance of a Photographer
3mn - Comedy
A family goes to a photographer. The photographer pushes the boy around, and no one seems to care. The boy gets his revenge.
poster Die Flamme
Die Flamme
(3.4/5)
15mn - Drama
In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to him.
poster Esther and the King
Esther and the King
(2.8/5)
109mn - Drama
Recently widowed Persian King Ahasuerus wants to marry the beautiful Esther. But Esther is a Jewess, and Haman, the king's evil minister, is spreading hatred against the Jews.
poster Onésime a un duel à l'américaine
Onésime a un duel à l'américaine
5mn -
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